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How to add master pages to Microsoft Docs?
With the master page defined, we’re ready to add the ASP.NET pages for the website. Let’s start by adding Default.aspx, our website’s homepage. Right-click on the project name in the Solution Explorer and choose Add New Item. Pick the Web Form option from the template list and name the file Default.aspx.
Master Pages and Site Navigation (C#) One common characteristic of user-friendly websites is that they have a consistent, site-wide page layout and navigation scheme. This tutorial looks at how you can create a consistent look and feel across all pages that can easily be updated.
What are the two controls for site navigation?
Two Web controls the TreeView and Menu are commonly used to provide a navigation user interface. To bind the site map data to one of these two controls, simply add a SiteMapDataSource to the page along with a TreeView or Menu control whose DataSourceID property is set accordingly.
How are content pages bound to master pages?
(A content page is an ASP.NET page that is bound to the master page.) Whenever a master page’s layout or formatting is changed, all of its content pages’ output is likewise immediately updated, which makes applying site-wide appearance changes as easy as updating and deploying a single file (namely, the master page).
How does default.aspx page work in ASP.NET?
When the Default.aspx page is visited by a browser, the ASP.NET engine automatically merges the page’s master page content and the ASP.NET’s content, and renders the merged content into the final HTML that is sent down to the requesting browser.
How to select a master page for a website?
Right-click on the project name in Solution Explorer and choose the Add New Item option. Select the Web Form template, enter the name About.aspx, and then check the “Select master page” checkbox as shown in Figure 7. Doing so will display the Select a Master Page dialog box (see Figure 8) from where you can choose the master page to use.
Can a content page expose the master page?
A better approach is to establish a formal relationship between the master page and content page, and take advantage of strong typing. Instead of the content page poking around inside the master page, let’s have the master page expose the footer text as a property. We can add the following code to our master page.
How does the master page work in ASP.NET?
When the master page finds a Content control that matches a ContentPlaceHolder, it moves the controls into the matching ContentPlaceHolder. In our simple setup, the master page will find a match for ContentPlaceHolder1, and copy over the Label.
When to not derive from a master page?
If a specific page doesn’t want it’s master page set, it can choose not to derive from BasePage. This is useful if different areas of an application use different master pages. However, there may be times when we want an application to enforce a specific master page.